Eh, true, one of only a couple of gripes with this list.
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SteamGAF GOTY Results Are In (Finally)
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Eh, true, one of only a couple of gripes with this list.
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-MD-
Member
Yeah just now realizing I wasted my #2 vote on Garden Warfare.
Veritigo_X
Member
Ah, yeah that's true I guess. I just find it crazy that one of the best games to come out last year (on any system) is going unnoticed. A console port would be great for that game and give it some much needed exposure.
Do yourself a favor, and educate yourself
It's usually on sale, best damn RPG of the year. Easy ont he system requirements too.man, I need to get back to that
ANuclearError
Member
Pretty solid lsit overall I'd say, not really been able go give DSII or Divinity the proper time it deserves. I'll get around to Wolfenstein eventually.
Also, jeez, Civ got 0 votes? Figured that might have been at least 1 person who liked it enough to vote.
Also, jeez, Civ got 0 votes? Figured that might have been at least 1 person who liked it enough to vote.
I never beat it, but have been wanting to go back to do just that. Might start over wiht a new party - shoudl help kill time till PoE.
Do you know if there ever released new content for it?
I heard they might release an expansion...
lol, probably not well, considering how vehemently against it a lot of GAF's PC RPG players seem to be in favor of their more classic style RPGs.
Development on the game is done. There was a some free DLC plus a kind of mini 5-10 hour paid DLC thing released for it.
ScepticMatt
Member
I missed the review thread, but I like the winner.
Since when is DA:I on Steam?
thesaucetastic
Unconfirmed Member
Valkyria got robbed.
And I forgot Hatoful Boyfriend got released last year, whoops. That makes two games from 2014 that I actually played in 2014.
I should really start Killer is Dead soon.
And I forgot Hatoful Boyfriend got released last year, whoops. That makes two games from 2014 that I actually played in 2014.
I should really start Killer is Dead soon.
Tizoc
Member
oipic
Member
Great work, thanks again to MRORANGE, jshack, and to all who voted. <3
Just for fun, here's the list sorted by APS (with games receiving 3 or fewer votes excluded for reasons all statistical-like):
01 -- 1 | Divinity: Original Sin (231 Points / 4.05 APS)
02 -- 25 | Far Cry 4 (19 Points / 3.8 APS)
03 -- 20 | Hexcells Infinite (30 Points / 3.75 APS)
04 -- 16 | Resident Evil 4 (37 Points / 3.7 APS)
05 -- 7 | The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (109 Points / 3.52 APS)
06 -- 3 | Wolfenstein: The New Order (165 Points / 3.51 APS)
07 -- 30 | Legend of Grimrock 2 (14 Points / 3.5 APS)
08 -- 14 | Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut (45 Points / 3.46 APS)
09 -- 18 | The Evil Within (34 Points / 3.4 APS)
10 -- 2 | Dark Souls 2 (195 Points / 3.36 APS)
11 -- 15 | The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (40 Points / 3.33 APS)
12 -- 5 | Shovel Knight (135 Points / 3.29 APS)
13 -- 33 | Silence of the Sleep (13 Points / 3.25 APS)
14 -- 21 | Endless Legend (29 Points / 3.22 APS)
15 -- 19 | Crimzon Clover World Ignition (32 Points / 3.2 APS)
15 -- 19 | Might & Magic X - Legacy (32 Points / 3.2 APS)
17 -- 4 | Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (137 Points / 3.19 APS)
18 -- 10 | Alien: Isolation (92 Points / 3.17 APS)
19 -- 24 | One Finger Death Punch (22 Points / 3.14 APS)
20 -- 8 | Transistor (100 Points / 3.13 APS)
21 -- 9 | Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (94 Points / 3.13 APS)
22 -- 12 | The Banner Saga (50 Points / 3.13 APS)
23 -- 17 | Wasteland 2 (36 Points / 3 APS)
24-- 36 | Abyss Odyssey (12 Points / 3 APS)
35 -- 23 | Final Fantasy XIII (23 Points / 2.88 APS)
26 -- 31 | Crypt of the Necrodancer (14 Points / 2.8 APS)
27 -- 6 | South Park: The Stick of Truth (116 Points / 2.7 APS)
28 -- 22 | Hexcells Plus (27 Points / 2.7 APS)
28 -- 22 | Valiant Hearts: The Great War (27 Points / 2.7 APS)
30 -- 11 | Valkyria Chronicles (80 Points / 2.67 APS)
31 -- 34 | BattleBlock Theater (13 Points / 2.6 APS)
32 -- 26 | Luftrausers (18 Points / 2.57 APS)
33 -- 13 | Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes (46 Points / 2.56 APS)
34 -- 28 | Hatoful Boyfriend (15 Points / 2.5 APS)
35 -- 39 | Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition (10 Points / 2.5 APS)
36 -- 37 | Child of Light (11 Points / 2.2 APS)
37 -- 27 | Jazzpunk (16 Points / 2 APS)
38 -- 40 | Goat Simulator (10 Points / 2 APS)
39 -- 29 | Banished (15 Points / 1.88 APS)
40 -- 32 | The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (14 Points / 1.75 APS)
41 -- 50 | Broken Age (5 Points / 1.25 APS)
41 -- 50 | Murdered: Soul Suspect (5 Points / 1.25 APS)
Just for fun, here's the list sorted by APS (with games receiving 3 or fewer votes excluded for reasons all statistical-like):
01 -- 1 | Divinity: Original Sin (231 Points / 4.05 APS)
02 -- 25 | Far Cry 4 (19 Points / 3.8 APS)
03 -- 20 | Hexcells Infinite (30 Points / 3.75 APS)
04 -- 16 | Resident Evil 4 (37 Points / 3.7 APS)
05 -- 7 | The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth (109 Points / 3.52 APS)
06 -- 3 | Wolfenstein: The New Order (165 Points / 3.51 APS)
07 -- 30 | Legend of Grimrock 2 (14 Points / 3.5 APS)
08 -- 14 | Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut (45 Points / 3.46 APS)
09 -- 18 | The Evil Within (34 Points / 3.4 APS)
10 -- 2 | Dark Souls 2 (195 Points / 3.36 APS)
11 -- 15 | The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky (40 Points / 3.33 APS)
12 -- 5 | Shovel Knight (135 Points / 3.29 APS)
13 -- 33 | Silence of the Sleep (13 Points / 3.25 APS)
14 -- 21 | Endless Legend (29 Points / 3.22 APS)
15 -- 19 | Crimzon Clover World Ignition (32 Points / 3.2 APS)
15 -- 19 | Might & Magic X - Legacy (32 Points / 3.2 APS)
17 -- 4 | Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (137 Points / 3.19 APS)
18 -- 10 | Alien: Isolation (92 Points / 3.17 APS)
19 -- 24 | One Finger Death Punch (22 Points / 3.14 APS)
20 -- 8 | Transistor (100 Points / 3.13 APS)
21 -- 9 | Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (94 Points / 3.13 APS)
22 -- 12 | The Banner Saga (50 Points / 3.13 APS)
23 -- 17 | Wasteland 2 (36 Points / 3 APS)
24-- 36 | Abyss Odyssey (12 Points / 3 APS)
35 -- 23 | Final Fantasy XIII (23 Points / 2.88 APS)
26 -- 31 | Crypt of the Necrodancer (14 Points / 2.8 APS)
27 -- 6 | South Park: The Stick of Truth (116 Points / 2.7 APS)
28 -- 22 | Hexcells Plus (27 Points / 2.7 APS)
28 -- 22 | Valiant Hearts: The Great War (27 Points / 2.7 APS)
30 -- 11 | Valkyria Chronicles (80 Points / 2.67 APS)
31 -- 34 | BattleBlock Theater (13 Points / 2.6 APS)
32 -- 26 | Luftrausers (18 Points / 2.57 APS)
33 -- 13 | Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes (46 Points / 2.56 APS)
34 -- 28 | Hatoful Boyfriend (15 Points / 2.5 APS)
35 -- 39 | Killer is Dead - Nightmare Edition (10 Points / 2.5 APS)
36 -- 37 | Child of Light (11 Points / 2.2 APS)
37 -- 27 | Jazzpunk (16 Points / 2 APS)
38 -- 40 | Goat Simulator (10 Points / 2 APS)
39 -- 29 | Banished (15 Points / 1.88 APS)
40 -- 32 | The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (14 Points / 1.75 APS)
41 -- 50 | Broken Age (5 Points / 1.25 APS)
41 -- 50 | Murdered: Soul Suspect (5 Points / 1.25 APS)
Dio Brando
Banned
Excellent top 10. played most of it, but only finished 3-4 of them. I did love what i had the chance to play.
FYI guys, the voting was organized through the regular Steam thread. Voting was done through PM's to avoid cluttering the thread.
And yeah, I feel dumb cause I forgot to vote for MGSV:GZ even though it was one of my favorites last year.
And yeah, I feel dumb cause I forgot to vote for MGSV:GZ even though it was one of my favorites last year.
MichaelFassbender
Member
I just want to add: Transistor is played best with beer, chips, and queso. This is a Mikey "F-Bomb" Fassbender recommendation.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
There were so many good games released last year, and looking down this list just reminds me of all of the great games I experienced in 2014 and some that I haven't played yet but need to.
Thanks again to everyone who voted - I had a great time counting the votes and reading about what everyone enjoyed and why they thought their picks were the best.
Thanks again to everyone who voted - I had a great time counting the votes and reading about what everyone enjoyed and why they thought their picks were the best.
thesaucetastic
Unconfirmed Member
I'm just wondering, how many points did Dragon Age get even though they were disqualified?
Surprised how high Dark Souls 2 and FF13 were on the list. Ds2 wasn't a bad game but the base game was a huge let down after Demon Souls and DS1, haven't tried the DLC though.
FF13 was a horribly done port of what's arguably a bad game with the only thing really going for it is the art style/graphics. FF14 was both a far better PC and Final Fantasy game.
FF13 was a horribly done port of what's arguably a bad game with the only thing really going for it is the art style/graphics. FF14 was both a far better PC and Final Fantasy game.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
There were three votes for Dragon Age: Inquisition, for a total of 10 points. Of course, it's difficult to place this in the existing ranking, since a lot of people didn't vote for it knowing it was disqualified. But the fact that three people voted for it even still says quite a bit!
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Yay I made a quote. Looks like a great list, though I am a bit saddened The Evil Within didn't crack top 10
SliceSabre
Banned
Somewhat amusing to me that all of those games, in the top ten, are multiplat.
EDIT: Except Divinity.
EDIT: Except Divinity.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Er, they're not? And besides a good game's a good game.
Conkerkid11
Member
Really nice list guys.
Loving Crypt of the NecroDancer in the top 100 despite being in Steam Early Access.
Gonna have to finish Stick of Truth sometime soon.
And I don't know why it should matter.
Speaking of which, where are all the Nintendo exclusives that came out last year GAF? Am I confused, or did we seriously not vote any in?
Loving Crypt of the NecroDancer in the top 100 despite being in Steam Early Access.
Gonna have to finish Stick of Truth sometime soon.
Divinity: Original Sin, while announced for consoles, is currently PC only.
And I don't know why it should matter.
Speaking of which, where are all the Nintendo exclusives that came out last year GAF? Am I confused, or did we seriously not vote any in?
NightmareTrigger
Banned
Thanks for all the work jshack & Mr Orange! Now that I'm in Spring Break, I'll have more time to play some of these...
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Nice list, though I am in the group that was pushing for more Evil Within love. Though I will say, happy with the horror love in the list.
Not all of those.
And except several of those in 10-20. And even more in the 20-40.
But regardless, that tends to be how the PC platform works. The benefit is you get far more games to play; the "downside" is that if any of them prove to be really awesome and popular, they'll probably end up on one of the "curated" platforms eventually, either through self publishing or because Microsoft or Sony decide to subsidize their port.
I'm not actually sure that's a downside, but for the sake of argument, let's pretend it is. You're absolutely right, it's not a proprietary platform and no one has a vested interest in preventing popular PC games from appearing on other platforms the way some do on Nintendo, Sony, and Xbox consoles.
PetriP-TNT
Member
The Evil Within got robbed
But at least DkS2 is 2.
But at least DkS2 is 2.
Thanks for the excellent job, MRORANGE and jshackles!
The only one I'm sad about is Child of Light. It was a beautiful game, well executed, fairly unique gameplay-wise (Southpark, weirdly, is the closest one from 2014 in that area), but as has been mentioned 2014 was year of the RPGs so some of the smaller titles no doubt fall by the wayside The soundtrack is one of the few albums I've bought in years too.
Wolfenstein is one of the few that's in the top 10 by APS too, which I think speaks to how the people who liked it, loved it. Here's my vote write-up on it as it was my GOTY:
Wolfenstein: NWO is the only game this year where I beat it, started a new game, and beat it again over the course of a couple weeks. That alone tells me it was special. I tend to enjoy SP FPS campaigns anyway, and Wolfenstein really sells its world and its people. I feel like it can come across as two different worlds: One pretty simple, one complicated, all depending on whether you look for the lore collectibles and read all the side notes as you play. It paints a conflicted picture. While the Nazis are obviously bad and doing unquestionably evil things, they have actually brought a lot of good changes as well and you do question whether what you're doing is worth the costs.
A lot of people seem to be writing it off as just another shooter and I feel like they're not taking the time to explore it. Which, to be fair, isn't someone modern shooters usually encourage. The gameplay was extremely tight in almost all the areas, there was some great writing and, more importantly, storytelling.
Edit: 4 out of my 5 were in the top 10, so that's nice at least. MG:R probably would have gotten my vote too from the sounds of it, but I've yet to pick it up :l same with D:OS because I just haven't had the time to invest in an RPG of that scale (Valkyria Chronicles is taking me weeks to get through as it is)
The only one I'm sad about is Child of Light. It was a beautiful game, well executed, fairly unique gameplay-wise (Southpark, weirdly, is the closest one from 2014 in that area), but as has been mentioned 2014 was year of the RPGs so some of the smaller titles no doubt fall by the wayside
The soundtrack is one of the few albums I've bought in years too.Wolfenstein is one of the few that's in the top 10 by APS too, which I think speaks to how the people who liked it, loved it. Here's my vote write-up on it as it was my GOTY:
Wolfenstein: NWO is the only game this year where I beat it, started a new game, and beat it again over the course of a couple weeks. That alone tells me it was special. I tend to enjoy SP FPS campaigns anyway, and Wolfenstein really sells its world and its people. I feel like it can come across as two different worlds: One pretty simple, one complicated, all depending on whether you look for the lore collectibles and read all the side notes as you play. It paints a conflicted picture. While the Nazis are obviously bad and doing unquestionably evil things, they have actually brought a lot of good changes as well and you do question whether what you're doing is worth the costs.
A lot of people seem to be writing it off as just another shooter and I feel like they're not taking the time to explore it. Which, to be fair, isn't someone modern shooters usually encourage. The gameplay was extremely tight in almost all the areas, there was some great writing and, more importantly, storytelling.
Edit: 4 out of my 5 were in the top 10, so that's nice at least. MG:R probably would have gotten my vote too from the sounds of it, but I've yet to pick it up :l same with D:OS because I just haven't had the time to invest in an RPG of that scale (Valkyria Chronicles is taking me weeks to get through as it is)
